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First ballot before switches: Roraback 92, Wilson Foley 88, Bernier 57, Greenberg 55. All have qualified for primary–before the season of betrayal begins.

After switches: AR 89 LWF 88 JB 68
MG 56.

Second ballot begins. Roraback expected to pick up chunk of Greenberg supporters.

Odditnik wins 4th CD nomination with 73%.

Back to the 5th. Second ballot AR 98 LWF 80 JB 62 MG 58.

Wilson-Foley lost 3 of hometown Simsbury’s 11 votes on 2nd ballot.

Greenberg is dropped from the ballot under the convention rules.

Third ballot has begun with 3 candidates. Roraback is picking up Greenberg support.

Roraback wins convention endorsement on 3rd ballot. Wilson-Foley second. Bernier distant third.

Ten term state Senator Eileen Daily will announce today she will not seek an 11th term this fall. The shoreline Democrat, who co-chairs the legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding committee has been suffering from lung cancer.

The race to fill her open seat is expected to be competitive.

Senate Democrat Chief of Staff Kevin Graff will be leaving his job to work in the government relations trade. He’ll be starting his own shop, Daily Ructions has learned. Supplicants will become competitors in the fierce business beginning today. It’s tougher than it looks.

Caucus spokesman Derek Slap is expected to replace Graff in what most see as Senator Don Williams’ swan song as caucus leader.

Among the 8 victories is the seat held by Democrat Jason Bartlett.

Republicans have also held Sam Caligiuri’s Senate seat. Joe Markley takes the office he held for a term in the Reagan landslide.

State Senator Tom Colapietro (D-Bristol) has lost his seat.

Yesterday the Q-Poll said it was 11, this afternoon Rasmussen pegs it at 5.  Poll numbers in the Connecticut Senate race look like they will provide no sustained peace of mind to Democrat Richard Blumenthal.  Even a faux Vietnam veteran is going to get nervous over another $20 million of incoming ads, mailers, and phone calls.

Judge A. Susan Peck will announce her decision Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in State Representative Kenneth Green’s challenge of Hartford City Councilman Matthew Ritter’s August 10th primary victory for the Democratic nomination in the 1st Assembly district.

Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura, in the spirit of this political year, will consider a run for another office.  Jarjura was an exploring a race for governor and participated in many candidate forums.  He was passed over for lieutenant governor by both Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy.  The five-term mayor will consider making a bid for his party’s nomination for comptroller, a spot on the ticket vacated by incumbent Nancy Wyman to run with Malloy.

If he runs, Jarjura will join state Representative Tom Reynolds and Kevin Lembo, who was running for lieutenant governor until Wyman’s shift scotched his campaign.  I know, it’s getting complicated.  Will any office do?

Chester First Selectman Tom Marsh will announce Monday that he’s leaving the Republican race for governor to run on the Independent Party ticket.  Marsh has made little progress in the crowded field for the Republican nomination.  The Republican convention that begins four weeks from tomorrow is expected to have a “low man out” rule in the balloting.  That might have meant Marsh would have been eliminated at the end of the first ballot, an embarrassment for the chatty local official.

With Marsh taking a powder from the GOP race, there are 5 candidates left.  Can you name them?

A resignation in the state’s Appellate Court will be announced on Monday.  It will provide Governor M. Jodi Rell to make a quick nomination with time for the legislature to act before it adjourns on May 5th, ending the final legislative session of Rell’s term.

Put down your books, bleach your teeth, skip class and head for New Haven and Middletown.

The Ned Lamont campaign needs telegenic college students to “star” in campaign commercials.

Here’s the email the campaign sent to College Democrats late this afternoon:

Hi All,

The Lamont Campaign would love to have some College Dems star in some of their ads.  If anyone is able and interested, the three slots they really need filled are: 9:30am Tomorrow at Campaign Headquarters (behind City Hall in New Haven), 2:00pm Tomorrow somewhere else in New Haven, and 3:30pm by Wesleyan.

Let me know ASAP if you can make any of them.  The shoot should only go an hour or two.

Best,

Ben Stango

PS. The CDCT does NOT endorse in primaries

And try to set a good example by getting there on time.